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After work I drove to Watertown today to do some food shopping in one of the Armenian shops. There are actually three shops next to each other. Now that I have my car they are easy to reach. Before, I would walk there maybe once every six months and then haul far too heavy bags […]

So we had the first summer day of the year today. More than 20 °C. On 24 February. Concerning the climate change, this is very alarming. For me, on a personal note the day was enjoyable. After so many cold weeks with short days, it is great to spend as much time as possible outside, […]

There are only 16 hours left between me and the start of winter break. And just like I was looking forward to all holidays when I was a student, I am as a teacher. A whole week off. Including the weekends that means nine days of sleeping in. Nine days of endless possibilities what to […]

Over 100,000 people gathered today for the Women’s March Boston. I was supposed to meet my friends at 10.30 a.m., but had totally underestimated that everybody was using public transport to get to the Boston Common. All the trains arriving at Harvard Square were already full so that nobody else could get on. Eventually they […]

Winter has arrived in Boston. Recently I was afraid this was never going to happen. We had warm 5 to 10 °C – which totally contradicted Canavar’s very thick winter coat. Then the West Coast got tons of snow last week; Istanbul did; Boston did not. But when I finished work on Friday, my smartphone […]